Emil O. W. Kirkegaard blog
Jared asked me if I wanted to summarize recent work in the field, based on a new review article by Ian Deary, Simon R. Cox & W. David Hill. Well, I did: American Renaissance: Genes, Brains, and Intelligence: What’s New?
Continue ReadingPrior posts touching on Gregory Clark: What does money buy? Selected readings from lottery studies, Thinking about intergenerational stability of socioeconomic status Updated 2020-02-23: Actually, cancellation comes for Gregory Clark too, Steve Sailer has the story write-up: Economic Historian Gregory Clark’s Lecture on “For Whom the Bell Curve Tolls” Is Postponed for Crimethink Most people…
Continue ReadingIt appears this comment was deleted and I’ve checked the archive sites, and none of them appear to have just the right time in between him posting it and it being deleted. I assume it’s because Scott saw the tweets, decided this comment was in the category “Things I will regret posting” and then preemptively…
Continue ReadingA friend asked me to give him some pointers to the recent evidence on dysgenics, or the selection against valued traits. Challenge was accepted. This is not an exhaustive review. It’s a summary of stuff I found interesting. If you want a longer and more pessimistic review, read the recent book by Sarraf et al…
Continue ReadingI have written on the children produced by mixed-race couples before, and since it went so well, it’s time to try again. Only this time, another angle: the parents themselves. Someone reminded me of research showing that mixed-race marriages are less stable. So I had a look at the literature, tweeting my findings while skimming…
Continue ReadingTL;DR social scientists produced research that was falsely interpreted by them to show that Africans in USA had lower self-esteem than Europeans and this was because of segregation, and they used this to push their views in the Supreme Court successfully. Or, if you prefer long format, here is how Michael Levin summarizes it in…
Continue ReadingSee also 2015 post: Scott O. Lilienfeld is a great researcher Obituaries: NYT: Scott Lilienfeld, Psychologist Who Questioned Psychology, Dies at 59 Emory university: Scott Lilienfeld remembered for advancing psychology while embodying kindness Chris Martin at Heterodox Academy (where Scott was active): In Memoriam: Scott Lilienfeld I am happy to say that we have set…
Continue ReadingSlightly odd topic for a Christmas Even post, but some time ago, I talked with some people about the Myers Briggs personality model. As a contrarian, I am of course interested in pushing against the mainstream view of my social circle (if reasonable). In wide culture, Myers Briggs is very popular, but among psychologists, it…
Continue ReadingKirkegaard, E. O. W., & Karlin, A. (2020). National Intelligence Is More Important for Explaining Country Well-Being than Time Preference and Other Measured Non-Cognitive Traits. Mankind Quarterly, 61(2). https://doi.org/10.46469/mq.2020.61.2.11 Patient people fare better in life than impatient people. Based on this and on economic models, many economists have claimed that more patient countries should fare…
Continue ReadingResearchgate link (ungated) Kirkegaard, E. O. W., & Dumoulin, B. (2020). What Happened to Brussels? The Big Decline and Muslim Immigration. Mankind Quarterly, 61(2). https://doi.org/10.46469/mq.2020.61.2.8 We examined regional inequality in Belgium, both in the 19 communes of Brussels and in the country as a whole (n = 589 communes). We find very strong relationships between…
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